Difference between revisions of "Beadle"
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== Webster's | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_91910" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (v.) An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (v.) An inferior parish officer in [[England]] having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (v.) [[A]] messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; - called also an apparitor or summoner. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_23583" /> == | |||
<p> is a title of — </p> <p> '''(1)''' certain university officials known also as ''bedells'' of divinity, arts, and law, who formally attend the authorities upon public occasions, to perform certain prescribed duties; </p> <p> '''(2)''' a lay officer who preserves order in churches and chapels. (See Acolyth). </p> | |||
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Revision as of 01:11, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (v.) An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students.
(2): (v.) An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc.
(3): (v.) A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; - called also an apparitor or summoner.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
is a title of —
(1) certain university officials known also as bedells of divinity, arts, and law, who formally attend the authorities upon public occasions, to perform certain prescribed duties;
(2) a lay officer who preserves order in churches and chapels. (See Acolyth).
